BREAKING: Evidence of Anti-Managed Care Intent in CEO’s Assassination
One day after the murder of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO, police are searching for the shooter
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Liberal Arts Education As a Counterbalance To Trumpian AI
By MIKE MAGEE What’s wrong in the social science realm of health? Consider for example the mental health crises affecting teens across the nation, or the sharp decline in relationships and child bearing in young adult men and women, or the attack on vaccine policy by the wayward Kennedy, or the attempted dismantling of ACA…
Medical Rehab Hospital Inspections Go Unpublicized by Federal Officials
Federal health officials do not inform consumers about severe safety violations in hospitals that specialize in physical rehabilitation. Nor does Medicare impose fines as it does for nursing homes, or provide easy-to-understand five-star ratings as it does for general hospitals, according to an investigation by KFF Health News and The New York Times. Medical rehab…
Digital Health’s Latest Unicorn: Why Investors Are Backing Midi’s Model for Women’s Health
Virtual women’s health provider Midi Health has reached unicorn status after raising a $100 million Series D, with investors backing its insurance-covered, direct-to-consumer model. The company is positioning itself as a long-term, virtual “hospital without walls” designed to meet women’s health needs across midlife and beyond. The post Digital Health’s Latest Unicorn: Why Investors Are…
CMS comes out with List of Drugs for 2027 Price Negotiation
From the CMS document “Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program: Selected Drugs for Initial Price Applicability Year 2027“: On January 17, 2025, CMS announced the selection of the below list of 15 drugs covered under Medicare Part D for the second cycle of negotiations (initial price applicability year 2027), based on total gross covered prescription drug…
Expertos dicen que el secretario de Salud envió “ciencia basura” a congresistas para defender cambios en las vacunas contra covid
Para apoyar la decisión del secretario Robert F. Kennedy Jr. de cambiar la política nacional sobre las vacunas contra covid-19, el Departamento de Salud y Servicios Humanos (HHS) envió a los legisladores un documento que cita estudios científicos inéditos o controversiales, y tergiversa otros. Un experto en salud calificó el documento de “desinformación médica deliberada”…
Millions in US Live in Places Where Doctors Don’t Practice and Telehealth Doesn’t Reach
BOLIGEE, Ala. — Green lights flickered on the wireless router in Barbara Williams’ kitchen. Just one bar lit up — a weak signal connecting her to the world beyond her home in the Alabama Black Belt. Next to the router sat medications, vitamin D pills, and Williams’ blood glucose monitor kit. “I haven’t used that…
Response Pharma’s Novel Pill for Weight Loss Shows Promise as Post-GLP-1 Maintenance Therapy
Response Pharmaceuticals takes a new approach to weight loss with an oral small molecule designed to inhibit a protein called iMTP to reduce uptake of fats and cholesterol. While this drug’s lead indication is addressing weight gain in patients taking antipsychotics, the company is also exploring other metabolic indications such as patients who need a…
Millie Raises $12M to Advance Maternal Healthcare
Millie’s Series A round was co-led by TMV and Foreground Capital. The financing will help the company expand its offerings and footprint. The post Millie Raises $12M to Advance Maternal Healthcare appeared first on MedCity News.
It’s Almost Flu Season. Should You Still Get a Shot, and Will Insurance Cover It?
For parents of school-aged children, the fall to-do list can seem ever-growing. Buy school supplies. Fill out endless school forms. Block off parent-teacher nights. Do the kids’ tennis shoes still fit? Somewhere, at some point, you might remember flu shots. Get your flu shot. Get their flu shots. Or should you? Can you? Is that…